Mary-Kate Olsen

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Actress • Fashion Designer • Businesswoman

Birth Date: June 13, 1986

Age: 38 years old

Birth Place: Sherman Oaks, California

Siblings: Ashley Olsen, Elizabeth Olsen

Mary-Kate Olsen was born on June 13, 1986 in Sherman Oaks, CA. Along with her twin sister Ashley, Olsen was cast as the infant Michelle Tanner on the popular family sitcom "Full House" (ABC 1987-1995) before she was even a year old.

The Olsen twins would continue to share the role of Michelle for the duration of the series' run, in the meantime headlining TV movies like "To Grandmother's House We Go" (ABC 1992) and "Double, Double, Toil and Trouble" (ABC 1993), as well as a series comedic short films under the "The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley" banner, which continued into the early 2000s. The sisters earned their first starring roles in a feature with the comedy "It Takes Two" (1995), and then went on to costar in the teen-veering sitcoms "Two of a Kind" (ABC 1998) and "So Little Time" (Fox Family/ABC Family 2001-02).

Mary-Kate's final film role playing opposite her sister was "New York Minute" (2004). Around this time, she enrolled in New York University. Shortly afterward, she was hospitalized briefly and was diagnosed with anorexia. Afterwards, she branched out with roles in the likes of the crime dramedy series "Weeds" (Showtime 2005-2012), in which she played a religious drug dealer, and the romantic dramedy "The Wackness" (2008).

Next, Olsen starred in "Beastly" (2011), a modern-day retelling of the "Beauty and the Beast" fairy tale, in which she occupied the role of Kendra, the equivalent to the witch who curses the beast in the source material. In 2015, Olsen married Olivier Sarkozy, half-brother of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

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BeastlyStream

Actor
Kendra
Movie
2011
21%

The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the Fun House Mystery

Actor
Show
2009

Adventures Of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case Of The Hotel Who Done It

Actor
Show
2009

Adventures Of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the Logical i Ranch

Actor
Show
2009

Adventures Of Mary-Kate & Ashley: The Case of the U.S. Navy Adventure

Actor
Show
2009

The WacknessStream

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Union
Movie
2008
71%

Samantha Who?Stream

Guest Star
Natalie
Series
2007
77%

etalk

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Show
2006

Factory GirlStream

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Molly Spence
Movie
2006
20%

WeedsStream

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Tara Lindman
Series
2005
70%

The Insider

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Show
2004

New York Minute

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Roxy Ryan
Movie
2004

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

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2003

The Challenge

Actor
Shane Dalton
Movie
2003

Getting There

Actor
Kylie Hunter
Movie
2002

Getting There

Executive Producer
Movie
2002

When in Rome

Actor
Charli
Movie
2002

When in Rome

Executive Producer
Movie
2002

So Little TimeStream

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Riley Carlson
Series
2001

Winning London

Actor
Chloe Lawrence
Movie
2001

Winning London

Executive Producer
Movie
2001

Holiday in the SunStream

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Madison Stewart
Movie
2001

Holiday in the SunStream

Executive Producer
Movie
2001

Our Lips Are Sealed

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Maddie Parker/Maddy Turtleby/Karla Frauenfelder
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2000

Our Lips Are Sealed

Executive Producer
Movie
2000

Switching Goals

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Samantha "Sam" Stanton
Movie
1999

Switching Goals

Executive Producer
Movie
1999

Passport to ParisStream

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Melanie Porter
Movie
1999

Passport to ParisStream

Executive Producer
Movie
1999

Two of a Kind

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1998

Billboard DadStream

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Tess Tyler
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1998

Access Hollywood

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News
1996

7th HeavenStream

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1996

The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley: Mystery on the High Seas

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1995

You're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's Party

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1995

Matrimonio Para Dos

Actor
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1995

Gemelas Para el Amor

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1995

Almas Gemelas

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Movie
1995

It Takes TwoStream

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Amanda Lemmon
Movie
1995
8%

Christmas at Home With the Stars

Self
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1994

Sister, SisterStream

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Series
1994

How the West Was Fun

Actor
Susie Martin
Movie
1994

Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen: Our First Video

Actor
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1993

Late Night With Conan O'Brien

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Talk
1993

Late Show With David Letterman

Guest
Talk
1993

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

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Kelly Farmer/Young Aunt Sofia
Movie
1993

Doble Doble Hechizo

Actor
Movie
1993

To Grandmother's House We Go

Actor
Sarah Thompson
Movie
1992

The SimpsonsStream

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Herself
Series
1989
85%

Full HouseStream

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Michele Tanner
Series
1987

The Oprah Winfrey ShowStream

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Talk
1986

Good Morning America

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News
1975

Saturday Night LiveStream

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1975

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